عندي سؤال سريع قبل الاجتماع.

In Levantine Arabic, عندي literally means at me or with me, but it is very commonly used to mean I have.

So:

• عندي = I have
• عندك = you have
• عنده = he has
• عندها = she has

This is one of the most important patterns in everyday Arabic: possession is often expressed with عند + a pronoun suffix, rather than with a separate verb like English have.

So عندي سؤال = I have a question.

Usually, no.

عندي already tells you the subject is I, because the -ي ending means my/me. So:

• عندي سؤال = I have a question

If you add أنا, it usually adds emphasis, contrast, or clarity:

• أنا عندي سؤال = I have a question / As for me, I have a question

In normal conversation, عندي سؤال سريع is perfectly natural without أنا.

In Arabic, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• سؤال سريع = a quick question
• literally: question quick

This is the standard word order in both Levantine and Modern Standard Arabic.

Also, the adjective has to agree with the noun in things like:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

Since سؤال is:

• masculine
• singular
• indefinite

the adjective is also:

• سريع (masculine singular indefinite)

Because سؤال is a masculine noun.

In Arabic, adjectives agree with the noun they describe. So:

• سؤال سريع = a quick question
• فكرة سريعة = a quick idea

Here:

• سؤال is masculine, so the adjective is سريع
• if the noun were feminine, the adjective would usually be feminine too

قبل means before, and الاجتماع means the meeting.

So:

• قبل الاجتماع = before the meeting

This is a prepositional/time expression. It tells you when the speaker has the quick question.

A very useful related pattern is:

• قبل + noun = before + noun
• قبل ما + verb = before + verb/clause

For example:

• قبل الاجتماع = before the meeting
• قبل ما نبلّش = before we start

Because it means the meeting, not just a meeting.

The prefix الـ is the Arabic definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• اجتماع = a meeting / meeting
• الاجتماع = the meeting

In this sentence, the speaker is probably talking about a specific meeting that both people already know about, so الاجتماع is the natural choice.

A rough pronunciation is:

ʿandī suʾāl srīʿ ʔabl il-ijtimāʿ

A few notes:

• ع in عندي is the letter ʿayn, a sound English doesn’t really have
• سؤال is usually pronounced something like suʾāl
• سريع is often pronounced srīʿ
• قبل may sound like ʔabl in many urban Levantine accents, because ق often becomes a glottal stop
• الاجتماع is pronounced roughly il-ijtimāʿ

Depending on the speaker’s region, you may also hear slightly different pronunciations.

It sounds natural and completely understandable, especially in a work, school, or semi-formal setting.

عندي سؤال سريع قبل الاجتماع is a very normal way to say I have a quick question before the meeting.

In more casual speech, people might also say things like:

• عندي سؤال صغير قبل الاجتماع
• بس عندي سؤال قبل الاجتماع
• معلش، عندي سؤال سريع

So the given sentence is good, natural, and useful.

It works in both, but it feels especially natural in spoken Levantine.

Why?

• عندي is very common in speech
• the whole sentence structure is simple and conversational
• there are no formal case endings

In very formal Modern Standard Arabic, someone might also say:

• لديّ سؤال سريع قبل الاجتماع

That is more formal and written-sounding. In everyday Levantine, عندي is much more common than لديّ.

A very common way is to add a softener such as:

• معلش
• لو سمحت
• بس
• ممكن

For example:

• معلش، عندي سؤال سريع قبل الاجتماع
• لو سمحت، عندي سؤال سريع قبل الاجتماع
• بس عندي سؤال سريع قبل الاجتماع

These make the sentence sound a bit friendlier, softer, or more conversational, especially if you are interrupting or asking for someone’s attention.